migration

MIGRATION

MIGRATION FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS

PARTITION OF SUBCONTINENT IN 1947

11 million people involved

4.7 million Hindus and Sikhs to India

6.5 million Muslims to Pakistan

MIGRATION TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE AND WARS

MIGRATION TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE AND WARS

• victimization on the base of race, religion, political views

• migration of Jews from Germany

• to escape persecution and death

• forced to leave due to war or violence

• to seek refuge in any other country

Movement of people from Afghanistan to Pakistan

• large number of Afghan refugees in KPK and Baluchistan

• asylum seekers in northern areas of Pakistan

• waiting to be resettled in developed countries

• Pakistan took most refugees for 35 years till 2014

• by end of 2014, Turkey has most refugees

• people from Eritrea migrate for same reason

Multiple Choice

Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:

There are many opportunities in America.

• pull

• push

Multiple Choice

Choose whether it's a push or pull factor:
The War in Syria has made our family decide to leave and move to Europe.

• push
• pull

Multiple Choice

migration for religious reasons

• a destructive huricane in Hati

• Freedom to practice whatever religion they want

• Poor quality schools in Cambodia

• Rocky soil that makes growing crops harder

Multiple Choice

refugee

• to move to a country
• to move from  a country
• something taht encourages people to leave a country behind
• someone who seeks safety by going to another country

MIGRATION AS A WAY OF LIFE

NOMADIC LIFE

MIGRATION AS A WAY OF LIFE

• spend life migrating

• temporary homes, tents, caravans

• move place to place to find food

• nomadic people of Thar

• migrate twice a year

• make living from livestock

• work for farmers as labour

MIGRATION DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS

EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI, FLOODS

MIGRATION DUE TO NATURAL DISASTERS

• people move if there home/place is destroyed due to a natural disaster

• earthquke in Azad kashmir in 2005

• thousands of people lost their home

• displaced and were provided shelter in Islamabad

• they are called internally displaced persons

Multiple Choice

When people moves from one country to another is called...

• international migration

• national migration

• rural to urban migration

• migration

Multiple Choice

Internally displaced person

• applied for asylum

• migrated to find work

• refugees moved to another part of country

• flee from danger in their homeland

Open Ended

Why do you think the people of Thar desert live a nomadic life?